A/N: Wow guys thank you so much for the reviews! Yal are awesome! :D So before I start ranting about how awesome yal are, here it is what yal have been asking for, the continuation of this story, which is now going to be several chapters which I'll try to update as frequently as possible. A special thanks to Any Unborn Child for your beautiful review and helping me figure out which direction I should take this story! You rock! C: Okay so anywho I'm going to make this the first chapter since the one before seems more like a prologue to me more than an actual chapter. So here goes I hope yal enjoy and continue to send reviews C:

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-Dani

Chapter One: Rude Awakenings

Po was never much of a morning person. Sure he should be used to it by now having to wake up early every morning to help around the noodle shop, or more recently, to meditate with Master Shifu, but unless there was a frustrated Tigress pounding down his door, it took his mind a good couple of minutes to register what was going on. So when he awoke his mind didn't completely register the chains that held him suspended in the air, the odd taste of smoke and copper in his mouth or the fact that his surroundings would sway as though they were floating in water.

He did however register the fact that he was starving. Po looked at his grumbling tummy and then examined the rest of the room. There on the table glowing like an almighty Buddha (1) was a bowl full of dumplings plump and ready for eating. Po jerked forward, completely forgetting about the chains that held him back. Darn it. Po thought pulling his arm in hopes that he could at least break one of the chains. No luck. Po squinched up his nose and examined the chains more carefully; solid iron about an inch and a half in diameter. Whoever had captured him really wasn't messing around. Still, Po struggled with the bonds, his stomach out weighing his rational thought which told him to relax and start thinking of a way out of here. He had little time for that however because as soon as he stopped struggling, the door to the room opened up.

"Ah, good morning to you panda. How are you enjoying your accommodations?" The speaker was still hidden in the shadows, but Po knew that arrogant voice anywhere and felt an uncharacteristic growl build up in his throat.

"Shen."

"Oh good no brain damage I see. It would be most unfortunate if that little hit on the head gave you amnesia." Shen chuckled twirling a knife between his feathers.

"Enough small talk, Shen." Po barked, once again pulling at his restraints. "Where am I? What have you done to the other masters?" He glared at the figure in the shadows when he gave a chuckle.

"I don't think you are really in a position to demand anything panda." Shen spat out the last word and made his way to the dimly lit area. "But seeing how I am feeling in such a generous mood today I suppose I'll tell you." He grinned wickedly at the look of hope that flashed upon the panda's face. He looked forward to crushing that hope and the panda begging him for death's sweet release. "You are on my ship which is now on its way to the Valley of Peace. There, in front of the gates of the Jade Palace, which is being pillaged and torn down as we speak mind you, you shall be executed in front of everyone. Once China sees their beloved Dragon Warrior dead and the birthplace of kung fu destroyed (2), they shall surely bow down at my feet."

"You're insane." Was all Po managed, pulling at his chains again really wanting to pummel the cocky bird. "What about the five? And the other masters? What have you done to them?"

"All dead." Shen chuckled when the look of despair crossed the panda's face. "It was actually quite a touching scene really. Just as the cannonball was about to hit you six pathetic looking 'masters' as you like to call yourselves, that small one jumped in front and took the hit himself. The other five ran to the puny bear's side and it only took one more shot to finish them all off." Shen finished and looked up at the panda whose eyes were narrowed in rage and fists clenched and ready to pound the peacock to a bloody pulp. Said peacock laughed openly again. The story had been a lie of course, but anyway that he could cause the panda pain he would not hesitate to use. Backing away from the panda, Shen peered over his shoulder at the two wolves that had just entered the room.

"General Lang (3)." Shen called to the wolf Po recognized with the eye patch. "See to it that our guest is…well taken care of." With that the wolf chuckled and cracked his knuckles while Shen stepped past him heading towards the door. He stopped and looked back before the wolf could give the panda a good sock in the stomach. "Oh and general?" The wolf turned his fist still lifted in mid-punch. "Next time you disobey orders, I won't hesitate to aim a little bit higher." With that ominous warning still lingering in the air, the peacock was gone.

Tigress could not remember a time where she had been in as much pain as was now. Everything hurt and not just hurt like a bruise or a cut did, but a scorching pain every time she moved her body. She groaned and sat up, taking in her surrounding as she did so. She was in a small hut like structure and the rest of her team were there too and resting on mats; Master Croc and Master Ox diligently tending to their wounds.

Master Croc noticed Tigress and nodded at her in acknowledgment. "Master Shifu would like to speak with you… if you are able." He finished and went back to bandaging Crane's broken wing.

Tigress nodded and stood up shakily, focusing her hardest on not limping. Once she found herself outside the hut she looked around. They were in some sort of village long since destroyed, buildings were burned down to the foundation and the grass grew long and shaggy obviously in need of a cutting long since overdo. The tiger noticed Shifu and the old soothsayer from Gongmen City talking lowly under one of the trees. She stepped back not really wanting to interrupt their conversation but one of Shifu's ears twitched in Tigress' direction and he quickly jerked his head towards his student, their conversation ceasing immediately.

"Tigress." Shifu said and bowed. "I am most pleased to see you up and walking about."

Tigress returned the bow to her teacher with a low grunt. "Master." Tigress began, rising to look up at Shifu. "What happened back there? Did Shen get away?" She stopped when a sudden realization hit her like a bucket of ice. "And where's Po?"

Shifu folded his arms across his chest and gave Tigress a look she knew too well; it was the strong façade Shifu put up when something horrible has happened. "Unfortunately, my student, none of the answers to those questions will give you any form of relief. As for what happened, that is the only piece of good news I can offer you. Shen fired another shot at you before I had any time to react. Luckily it missed and you all only suffered mild damage from the debris that ricocheted from the shot and I was knocked unconscious by a piece of timber that was hit. The soothsayer here found us and she and the other masters have been helping us to get back on our feet and to try to stop Shen once and for all." Shifu paused and looked as if he were trying to figure out how to answer her last question. "As for Po… we believe that Shen has taken him prisoner upon his vessel and I fear he is planning something horrible for the Dragon Warrior."

Tigress clenched her fist at the cowardice of the peacock. To take a prisoner while they were unconscious was even more spineless than when he shot at the bridge filled with the cities villagers. Tigress' blood was on the brink of boiling, but she quietly closed her eyes and exhaled before returning her gaze to Shifu. "Then we have no time to waste, Master. Who knows what Shen could be planning for Po? We need to break him out now."

"I agree, Tigress, but we are in no shape to try to take them on right now. We have to wait for the rest of the Five to-"

"That's not good enough!" Tigress cut in, surprising herself by losing her cool. Embarrassed by the look of surprise on Shifu's face, she was about to ask for forgiveness and walk back to the huts when a hoof (4) caught hold of her arm. Tigress looked down in shock to see it was the soothsayer who had been silent up until now looking up at her with a reassuring smile. "I know things seem bleak now, child, but do not worry. The panda's future has not changed which means he will get out of this one okay and Shen will be stopped. Do not fear for your friend." The soothsayer spoke with such calmness that Tigress couldn't help feel relaxed and a new spark of hope surged through her. Still, destiny or not, Tigress was not about to let her friend face this alone.

A/N: Tada! :D First chappie is done!I really liked writing this one cause the complexity of each character is brilliant in the movie and I hope I did a adequate job at catching their personalities. What did yal think? R&R pwease? C:

I don't know what possessed to write 'like an almighty Buddha' lolololol

I don't know if the Jade Palace is really the birthplace for Kung Fu, but for the sake of this story let's pretend it is C:

Tehe remember this guy? Since he was never given a name I'm naming him Lang which apparently, if Google is telling me correctly, means wolf

I'm not sure to refer to these as hands/hooves/paws? lol